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Serious A689 crash in Westmorland and Furness on 9 June 2011 at 15:28 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A689 in Westmorland and Furness at 15:28 on Thursday 9 June 2011. The 67-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jun 2011
Thursday, 15:28
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 54.81258, longitude -2.43892, in the CA9 postcode district. The location was in the former Eden district.

Map of where the crash happened in Westmorland and Furness

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011030001183
Council area
Westmorland and Furness
Police force
Cumbria
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Cumbria

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
689
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2011030001183 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Westmorland and Furness road accident statistics for 2011.